St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-16

VII charging tnat the divorce WnlCn sne So
from her late husband was obtained by col
luson and conspiracy; that she was coercec
| into applying for the divorce by Cuthber1
Mills, associate of Keep in the WoN-stree
Ne~s and George &. kObbe and ID. NJ. Porter
! her lawyers; that kobbe and Porter were
! PAID S5OVO III excess of their legal fee tOl
inducing her to petition for the divorce.
The grand jury of Reading Pa. which for
two weeks has been investigating charges OF
corruption and mismanagement against
county officials, has presented a report
against the accused officers. They say that
they have indicted ten tax collectors for re-
tanning over 900 belongingto the county.
The county commissioners and treasurer are
charged by the jury with gross criminallty
The commissioners office is denounced as a
nest Of corruption, extravaganza and wantOn
waste.
F. W. Bipper, one of the "boodle'' Chicago
contractors, is said to have turned State S
evidence. In an interview at Mt. Clemens,
Mich, where he has been taken by the
States officers to keep him out Of the way
until the trial, he is alleged to have told how
the Doodle contracts were made. Ex-War-
den MCGarigle. it is said. also stands ready
to disclose all he knows, and can send from
twenty-one to twenty-five of the boodlers to
the penitentiary.
In Jersey City, Thomas Riley and Michael
McGarran had a fight, in which Riley was
worsted, Riley afterward entered McGar-
rams room and threw lighted lamp at Mrs.
McGarran. The lamp exploded and fatally
! burned Mrs. McGarran's infant of eleven
months
young man, identified as Herbert Tay-
lOr, of Worcester Mass, has been arrested
at Montreal for forgery and fraud. He
passed himself off as Walker Blaine, and
succeeded in getting number of forged
checks cashed.
John Healy, aged eighteen, shot and killed
Ferdinand Penneroiz during quarrel IN
Chicago. Patrick Healy his father, on
hearing of the affair, fell down the stairway
in fit and sustained probably fatal injuries.
About fifty descendants of DR.. Thomas
Hopkins Gallaudet met in Hartford, Conn, to
celebrate the centennial of his birth. DR..
Gallaudet was the first person to teach the
sign language to the deaf and dumb.
The case of Ex-Governor Gilpin against his
wife for divorce on the grounds of cruelty,
which was on trial for two weeks has been
concluded at Denver, Col, the jury return
ing a verdict for the plaintiff
The Rev. Peter Roberts pastor of the Ply
mouth Congregational Church at Scranton,
Pa, has been arrested on a charge of con-
spring to procure criminal malpractice on
woman named Annie Husaboe.
The recent Bavarian elections for members
of the Landtag resulted in the return of sew
enty-two Liberals, five Catholics and four
Protestant Conservatives and seventy-seven
Ultramontanes. The Centre party lost ten
seats.
John and Gustave Okhner, Swedes, were set
upon by drunken crowd in Chicago and
terribly beaten. John was disem mboweled and
his brother had his arm wrenched off.
Peter Nepler, an inotfensive young Ger
man, was attacked in Pittsburg by several
members of what is known as the ''Owl
Gang" and beaten so badly that he died.
The body of Harvey Stone, farm hand
employed by Adam Young, farmer, was
found near Cincinnati with a bullet-hOle
through the heart. He had been sent with
a team to the city, and was returning when
he was killed.
At Towanda Pa, Roda Moe, an auctioneer,
was shot and killed by DR.. Lyon, of Frank
lindale A slight misunderstanding occurred
about some money, during which Lyon shot
Moe through the heart and then committed
suicide.
Queen Kapiolani has sailed from Queens
town for New York.
By an election to fill a vacancy the Glad
stonians have gained seat in Parliament
in the Spalding division of Lincoln.
The United Socialist clubs of London are
arranging an excursion to Epping Forest
for the benefit of the condemned Chicago
Anarchists
One hundred members of the British Par
Lament have signed memorial in favor of
referring Anglo-American disputes to arbi
tration.
General Lawton the new United States
minister to Austria has arrived in Vienna.
The Thistle has won another victory in
the Clyde regatta.
Queen Victoria reviewed $4,000 troops in
front of Buckingham Palace.
Commander Charles LIE Strange, of the
British dispatch-boat Surprise, has disap-
peared; he was last seen in Marseiles.
A Washington paper publishes state
ment that Mr.. Blaine is endeavoring to in
terest English capital in West Virginia rail-
road and mining properties.
The report is renewed that Secretary Endi
colt has rendered his resignation to the Pres
ident, and will insist on its acceptance when
Congress meets.
The United States may make peremptory
demand upon France for the surrender of
Baron Seilliere.
S. v. White says that if Gould had not
bought Fields Manhattan elevated stock
disastrous panic would have followed.
English Liberal party leaders do not sup
port Lord Kilcoursies project to send dele
cation of English laborers to Ireland to report
upon the condition of the country.
Samuel Lynch was arrested in New York
for bigamy on the complaint of his second
wife, Miss Meserole, of Philadelphia.
Jacob Sharp has fainting spells andis grow.
ing weaker.
A fire in Remi, Quebec, destroyed the
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